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Show MALCOLM ACQUITTED BY LONDON JURY LONDON, Sept. 11. Lieutenant Douglas Doug-las Mal'.olni. who was being tried for the murder of Anton Liaumberg, a pseudo count, was today found not guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey police court. The "cii&e, which has been characterized as a '"dream of passion," was the first to be tried here in which the "unwritten law" was the sole defense. A coroner's jury had returned a verdict of "iustii'iable homicide" after hearing Lieutenant Malcolm's plea that he had killed Baumberg "in defense of his wife's honor." The case wus one of the most sensational seen In London in many years. |